Russian businessman Dmitry Punin and his associate have been placed on Kazakhstan's wanted list on suspicion of organizing illegal online casinos. According investigators, Dmitry Punin and Marina Ilyina are connected to the organization of illegal online casinos PIN-UP and PINCO. The case is being investigated by the Agency for Financial Monitoring of Kazakhstan. The websites, according to the AFM, were operated from abroad through a network of affiliated companies. Players' money was transferred to transit accounts and then converted into cryptocurrencies. Users from Kazakhstan could lose about 100 billion tenge on websites related to the investigation. In February of this year, alleged employees of Punin and Ilyina, Dmitry Drozhinsky and Marina Levkovich, were also put on the wanted list. Earlier, Baza wrote that unknown individuals tried to blow up one of Dmitry Punin's factories using an improvised explosive device. This was already the third provocation against the entrepreneur. Punin himself moved to Cyprus in 2019, where he built a business empire - he opened restaurants, a wine boutique, a concert hall, and a fast-food chain. In May 2025, Ukrainian sanctions were imposed on him for his involvement in online casinos. BAZA on Telegram base to the maximum.

Russian businessman Dmitry Punin and his associate have been placed on Kazakhstan's wanted list on suspicion of organizing illegal online casinos. According investigators, Dmitry Punin and Marina Ilyina are connected to the organization of illegal online casinos PIN-UP and PINCO. The case is being investigated by the Agency for Financial Monitoring of Kazakhstan. The websites, according to the AFM, were operated from abroad through a network of affiliated companies. Players' money was transferred to transit accounts and then converted into cryptocurrencies. Users from Kazakhstan could lose about 100 billion tenge on websites related to the investigation. In February of this year, alleged employees of Punin and Ilyina, Dmitry Drozhinsky and Marina Levkovich, were also put on the wanted list. Earlier, Baza wrote that unknown individuals tried to blow up one of Dmitry Punin's factories using an improvised explosive device. This was already the third provocation against the entrepreneur. Punin himself moved to Cyprus in 2019, where he built a business empire - he opened restaurants, a wine boutique, a concert hall, and a fast-food chain. In May 2025, Ukrainian sanctions were imposed on him for his involvement in online casinos. BAZA on Telegram base to the maximum.